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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

A Washington dispatch says: Col.
lector Bradley Smalley, of Burling.
ton, his pockets stuffed with formid.
able looking documents, was the bus.
lest man about the executive depart
ments Tuesday. Most of the after.
noon was spent at the pension office
81 haven't gone into the pension
agency business" he remarked apol.
ogetically to Chief Clerk Murpbv.
"but l confess this looks nightly like
it." "You see," he went on, "some
years ago l came to Washington to
protest against the small amount paid
by the bureau to one of nv old SOL
der friends. The clerk in CHARGE
grufiy told me / could appeal the case
II L didn't like it. Well, / didn't like
1t and so appealed. l had never writ
ten an appeal in my life, but to nv
surprise the pensioners allowance
was increased. Maybe l was a LITTLE
proud of my success and mentioned
1t casually. At all evens it got ont
Since then L have been regarded as q
sort of pensioners mascot. That is
the reason, too, when / come to
Washington on business that T am
loaded down with papers RELATING to
pension cases, and nv intended stay
OF three days is usually increased to
five." W
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

The epidemic Of railroad accidents
which has prevailed in the country
during the year does not seem to sub,
side. Four smash-ups are reported
for Monday of last week alone. On
the Milwaukee and st. Paul road two
passenger trains collided on a curve
and two engineers, two firemen and q
brakemen were killed. On the Pitts
burg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road
two freight trains collided, killing the
engineer. fireman and three other per-
sons. The fast express On the Indi-
annapolis and st. Louis railway was
wrecked by the breaking of wheel OF
the locomotive. The engineer and
fireman were killed. A collision of
two freight trains on the Pennsylva-
mia railroad resulted in fatal injury to
three brakemen. Besides these loss
es of life some oil cars were set on
fire in the freight collisions and an
explosion Of dynamite and giant pow
der with which some of the cars were
loaded followed, demoralizing thirty
or forty cars. With one exception,
these accidents can be traced to care
lessness somewhere, and they teach a
plain lesson.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

no rejection unless the tax on whiskey
and tobacco be absolutely removed,
and this, of course, the administra-
ton wing cannot concede, so the fight
will be transferred to Congress, and
probably the upshot will be no alter
nation whatever in the present sys-
tenn.
Very few Congressman are in the
city at this time, and there is won
derful dearth of political news. A
large number of the higher officials
are absent and business in the various
departments drags along without any
particular concern, and this state OF
things will doubtless continue until
after the President and his cabinet re-
turn from their Southern and West
ern electioneering junket.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

President Cleveland explains 10 tht
New York board of aldermen tina
neither he nor Mrs. Cleveland thought
any discourtesy was intended in moi
including him in the invitation to par,
tic;pate in the ceremonies attendant
upon the presentation of certain flags
to the fire department of that city
and that Mrs. Cleyeland's final deter.
mination not to be present on that oc.
casion was due to her disinclination tc
take part in any public ceremony.,en.
tirely separate and apart from hel
husband. OF course. no one viii
question the motives which induced
Mrs. Cleveland to decline the invita-
ton but it does seem as if some IA
tally attended every event in which
President Cleveland and flags were
connected ia even the most remote
manner. 1t is unfortunate that il
should be so-unfortunate for Presi-
dent Cleveland, we mean.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
STATE NEWS.

The Grand Lodge 1. o. of G.. T.
will hold its annual meeting at West
Randolph, Oct. 18th and 18th.
The annual meeting of the YER
mont Soldiers home will be held al
Bennington on Thursday, Oct. 9th.
Tie application for the pardon OF
George E. Miles, the Barre bank rob-
Der, has been refused by Gov. Orms-
bee.
A Dummerston farmer has plowed
in two of his three acres of potatoes,
because they won't pay for digging,
on account of the rot.
The Vermont State board of agri-
culture will hold a fall meeting at
Grand Isle, October 5 and 6. The
citizens of the islands will unite in
making this a county affair, and will
give in connection slsh it a large ex-
hibition of fruit, vegetables, etc.
In the Supreme Court at Newport
on Wednesday of week before last,
Judge Veazey sentenced Amos Stewart
to State prison for one year; Andrew
Wilkins for four years; George F.
Fisher to the reform school for five
years, all for larceny.
1t has been decided to place inside
the Bennington Battle monument
three memorial tablets inscribed
Massachusetts" "New Hampshire %
and vermont" The stones will be
two by five feet. Those of Massachu-
sets and New Hampshire will be of
native granite, that of Vermont of the
finest blue marble. A prominent
Massachusetts man has donated the
cost of one from that State, a dis
tlnguished citizen of New Hampshire
has given the stone from there, and
Gov. Proctor donates the one from
Vermont.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

JEFF. AS A RELIC.-It is incontest-
able that Mr.. Davis can 60 where he
pleases, and say what he likes. The
abstract right is not in question. But
Mr.. Davis is a relic of the past, and
belongs to the past, and the safest
place for him is on his plantation at
Beauvoir. There is nothing in his
career to make him especially note
worthy, excepting his election as
president of the confederate states
and his consequent experiences. 1t
is, therefore, as ex-president of the
confederacy that he is wined and dined
and invited to make speeches. When
he speaks he is more likely than moi
to say what is irritating and therefore
noxious, and, though he were to utter
the loftiest sentiment, he would be re-
garded as insincere, for the simple
reason that his words and his acts arr
not in accord. The man who decline:
to be an American citizen, and who
takes pride in avoiding the response
bilties of citizenship, should at leas
hold his tongue and curb his pen
instead of forcing his counsel and hi
grievances upon the consideration o
those whose duties and obligations h
is unwilling to share-CharIesto1
NeaUS and Courier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

FRED DOUGLASS RECEPTIoN.-About
1900 negroes attended a reception
given to Fred Douglass Thursday al
the African Methodist Episcopal Met
ropolitan church, the largest colored
church in Washington. After the
reception a banquet was given, al
which speeches were made by Mr.
Douglas, Rev. T. G.. Stuart and others
Rev. Mr.. Stuart in his speech said that
his ticket for 1888 was Robert L.
Lincoln for President and Fred Doug
lass for vice-President. The occa-
sion of the demonstration was the
return of Mr.. Douglass from his recent
trip to Europe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of B. w. SpauIdIne.

The undersigned having been appointed by the
honorable Probate Court for the district OF la.
nl1ille' commissioners, to receive, examine, and
adjust all claims and demands of All nersons
against the estate of b. W. Spaulding late OF Nor
rlstown, IN said Dist, deceased, and ali claims
NATIVE VIII meet for the purposes aforesaid AT
me residence of |. n. LeBaron in Morristown on
the loth gay OF Oct9eer and 18th day of March
next from one o'c ock z. N. until four O'Clock p NJ
each OF said days, ant that six months from the
10Th day OF september A, D.lSS7 lis the time limited
oy sald Court FOR said creditors to present their
Ga ms TO us for examination and allowance
Dated at Morristown this 18th day of sent. A.
~ 1891 \. LEBARON,
10 l.. 5. SMALL,
4No COMMISSIONER
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion on Wednesday last rendered thel
decision in the case brought agains
the Central Vermont railroad company
by the Vermont State Grange and the
Boston & Albany railroad. The com,
mission declares illegal the action OF
the Central in charging less rate, IN
similar services, for long than short
haul over their lines between Boston
and Detroit, Milwaukee and Chicago.
In deciding the case the commission
holds that the Central Vermont and
the other roads over which the Nation
al Despatch line operates are respon-
sible for the rates made by that line,
which in law is their agent for the
purpose of making them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of A. w. Godfrey.
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE

Theunderslgned having been appointed bv tina
non. PROBATE Court for the district OF Lamoille,
commissioners, to receive, examine and adjust
all claims and demands of ali nersons a@s;nst
the estate of A W. Godfrey, late of Stowe in said
district deceased, and all claims exhibited
In onset thereto, hereby give notice that we will
meet fol the purposes aforesaid at the late resi-.
uence OF said Godfrey, in Stowe, on the l4th day
olOctoDer and l4th day of March next, from one
months from the 18th day of September A ID. 1857
Is the time limited by said Court for said credit
ton and allowance.
1887. RI SAVAE "a -
VERNON WILKINS,
4"o Commissioners.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

RETURNING TO New ENGLAND.-It is
reported that Iowa farmers are enquiring
about farmFrOperty in Vermont with the
idea OF coming back to tile land of their
fathers. Hundreds of New England
people went West with the idea of com
ing back again after having acquired a
fortune or competence, and if the tide
of migration is really turning, our old
hill towns may before long blossom as
the rose again. A New Highlander who
has lived on the Illinois prairies for
many years was in Massachusetts du-
ring the summer, and told the writer
that Western Massachusetts appeared to
him a paradise, and that nothing would
suit him better than to return to his old
home in the hills, and end his life there.
-SprinGfeld Union.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

Snow fell Oh Mount Washington
Saturday night, and on Sunday the
mercury went down to Is.
The Massachusetts Democratic
State convention has nominated II. B.
Lowering, of Lynn, for Governor.
A terrible flood and cyclone on the
Rio Grande has destroyed at least a
million dollars worth of property on
both sides of the river.
1t is proposed to establish in this
country a congress of national re-
serve, consisting of officers and me m
bers of the merchant marine, yachts
men and watermen generally, and of
vessels to be built with reference to
their use in time of war as auxiliary
to the regular navy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of w. n. HadIey.


LICENSE TO SELL
State Of VermOnt, District Of LdBlOikss, ss.-In
Probate Court, held at Hyde Park, in said dis
trict on the cath day of September, AID. 1887.
J.A.Andrews, Administrator of the estate of w.
Ii. Hadley late of johnson, in said dist deceased,
makes application to said court for license
to sell ali of the real estate of said deceased,
representing that said sale would be beneficial 10
the heirs of SAID deceased and those interested
in his estate. Whereupon, it is ordered
by said Court that said application come
under consideration and be heard on the 18th day
of October, A. ID. 1887, at the Probate Office in
Hyde Park; and, it is further ordered, that all
persons interested be notified hereof by publica-
ton of notice OF this application and order there
on, three weeks successfully in the News and
Citizen, printed at Morrisville and Hyde Park,
at said time and place, and, if they see cause,
object thereto. By the Court.-Attest,
5w3 T.. S. PAGE, Register
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of r. @. Carlton.
LICENSE TO SELL

State Of permont, District Of Lamoille s,Tr
Probate Court held at Hyde Park, within and for
saiu qistTict; on the 18th day of Sept. A. ID. 1857
X. Z. Carlton late ofCambridge in said dstriat. de-
ceased, makes application TO said Ceurt for II
cense TO sell part OF the real estate of sand do
ceased,r0presenting that said sale is necessary for
the payment of the debts of said deceased
Whereupon it is ordered by said court tbsi
said application come under consider,ti ia
and be heard on the 7th day of October
A. ID. 1887, at the Probate Office in Uvde
Park; and it is further ordered that oil
persons interested be notified hereof nv
publication of notice of this application and
order thereon three weeks successfully in the
NEWS x CITIZEN, printed at Morrisvine and
Hyde Park, before SAID time OF hearing, thai they
may appear at said time and place and III they
see cause, OBJECT thereto Bv the COurt-AItest,
Ava G.. PAGE Reyistcr
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

Dakota is not a State in the Union,
but it has the best crop record OF the
world this year. The Democracy has
succeeded so far in preventing Dakota
from registering as loyal State, but
it cannot keep her wheat from grow
ing or reduce the size of the pumpkins
and potatoes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

Texas and Mexico, in the region At
the mouth of the Rio Grande river
have just been visited by one of the
most terrific storms of the wear
The total damage to property is es.
timated at over one million of dollars
IL the city of Matamoras alone hun
dreds of houses were Frustrated and
as many more unroofed or otherwise
injured. Other places seem to have
suffered in similar fashion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of VIM. Wheeler.

STATE OF VERMONT, District of Lamoille, IS
In Probate Court, held at Hyde Park within and
A. ID. 1887.
5. w: Kinds, Administrator of the estate of
WIN. wheeler, late of Hyde Park, in said dist.
deceased, presents his administration account for
examination and allowance, and makes applica-
ton for decree of distribution and partition OF
Che estate OF SAID deceased. Whereupon, 1t is or.
dered by said Court that said Account and soir
applcaLon be referred to a session thereof, to be
heid at ire Probate office in said Hyde Park on the
18TH day of October, A. ID. 1887, for hearing
and decision thereon: And, it is further order ed
that notlce hereof be given to all persons inter.
ested by publication of the same three weeks sue
published at Morrisville and Hyde Park, preyi-
GUS 10 sald time appointed tor hearing, that they
may appear at said time and place, and show
cause, If any they may have, why said acco mt
should not be allowed and such decree made
BY the cOurt.-Attest.
ow3 r. S. PAGE, Judge,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of Mary J. BIaney.
LICENSE TO SELL REAL ESTATE.

I1INI1-'51 TO ol1I1I7
State of Vermont, Lamoille District, SIN Pro.
bate Court held at Hyde Park in and for said dis.
trict on the 9th day of September A. ID. 1887.
Mary E. Roberts, EXecutrix of the estate OF
Mary j. Blaney, late of Morristown, in said dist.
deceased, makes application to said Court for Ii
cense TO sell all of the real estate of said deceased
situated in Morristown, representing that said
sale is necessary Tor the payment of the
debts of said deceased and charges of ad-
ministratiOn. Whereupon, it is ordered by said
Court that said application come under consider
alton and be heard on the 18th day of October A
d. S7, at the Probate Office in HydePark; and it is
further ordered that all persons interested be no.
titled hereof by publication of notice of this app
cation and order thereon, three weeks success
lively in the News & Citizen, printed at Nor
risville and Hyde Park before said time of hear
ing, that they may appear at said time and place,
and If they see cause, object thereto.
By the Court.-Attest,
5w3 G. S. PAGE, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
Estate of Fannie croweII.

LlChNSE TO SELL.
STATE OF VERMONT, DISTRICT OF LAMoIIIE
ss.-ln Probate Court, held at Hyde Park, in said
District. on the 18th day of September, A. d. 1851
en- Strong, Administrator of the estate of Fan
ME Crowel, late of Hyde Park in said district de-
ceased makes application to said Court for iicense
to sell all of the real estate of said deceasef
representing that said sale would be beneficial 10
the heirs of said deceased, and those inter
ested IN her estate. whefeupon il ia
ordered by said Court, that said application
come uhder consideration and be heard ON
Date once IN Hyde Park; and it is further ordered
tnat All persons interested be notified hereof, bv
order thereon, three weeks successiveiv in tbc
News anu Citizen published at Morrisyille and
tiSe Park, before said time of hearing, that
they may appear at SAID time and ploce and ~
they see cause, object thereto ' -
So, by the Court-Attest
i0'"' G. 5. PAGE, Register.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
.BurIington&La
south %wsst TRAINS GOING N Read u P.''
PROBATE NOTICE.

Untilfurther notice, the Probate Court for the
District of Lamoille, will be held at the Court
House in Hyde Park, on Monday and Thursday
of each week, and on Saturday, from 1890 A. NJ.
to II NJ, and from p. NJ. to 2.30 2. NJ.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
JOHNSON. yEnMoNT

bo me school tor TIE chcrs Forty Second term
"osihs sept 9th, 1851. send for catalogue
A, IL. CAMPBELL, A. NJ, Principal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-09-29

BOOTH MEnNCN

S, 9oLE AGENTS: A. o. Gates MorrisviIe; l.. b.
I"9rWln' Hyde Park; r. Brush, Hardwick; NJ.
j, Leach, Wolcott
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-29
GAINESVILLE Schools.

By invitation of Mr.. l.. Bloch, Secre-
tary and Treasurer, and G. M. Barker,
members of the Board OF Education,
we accompanied them on Tuesday to
the Howell School, where we were re-
ceived by Supt. j. w. Graham and con-
Quoted through the various class and
recitation rooms where we found over
400 pupils lndustriously engaged in
their studies.
Perfect good order is the first feature
OF the school which attracted attention
of the visitor, and next is the pleased
and eager earnestness OF every student,
all paying close attention to the words
of the teacher and the subject before
the class.
In this brief article we will not at
tempta detailed account of what we
saw and heard, this we reserve for our
next visit which we look forward to
with pleasure. In conversation with
Prof. Graham we suggested that the
CHRONICLE would gladly assist the pre-
gress of the school in any way he might
suggest, and we offered to set apart a
column for the use of the students un.
der the direction of the Professor and
his assistants. We hope that the prop.
ostion will be accepted as it will be a
source of interest and improvement tc
the students, and we feel assured the
column will be entertaining to all our
readers.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-29
Lightning Hole. In the Aims.

Professor Brun has published in The
Archives de Geneva an interesting study
on the so-called lightning holes to be
found in the High Alps. He and other
investigators have found them at nights
of from 3,34S to 1000 meters, or be-
tween II, 900 and $1,000 feet above the
sea level. Usually they are found on
submits. Often the rocky mass, which
has been vitrifed in the passage of the
electric fluid, presents the appearance
of small. scattered pearls, sometimes OF
a series OF semi-spherical cavities only
few millimeters in diameter. Some
times there are vitrified rays going out
from central point to a distance of
four or five inches. Sometimes block
detached from the mass appears as If
bored through by a cannon-ball, the
followed passage being quite vitritied.
The thickness of this vitrified coating or
stratum never exceeds a millimeter,
and is sometimes not more than the
quarter of that depth. The varying
colors which it presents depend on the
qualities and composition of the rock.
The same may be said as to its trans
parency. On the Rungfischorn the glass
thus formed by the lightning is black,
owing to the quantity Of actinolith
which the rock contains. 1t is brown
on La Ruinette, the rock consisting Of
feldspar mixed with gneiss containing
chloride of iron. Under the microscope
these lightning holes display many in
terror cavities, which must be attributed
to the presence of water in the rocks at
the moment of melting by the electric
discharge. This vitrified material has
no influence on polarized light. -Scien-
tific Journal.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-29
Practice on the Typewriter.

A person can learn the keyboard on
a typewriter in three or four days, SO
as to run the alphabet rapidly, provided
he practices three hours day. On the
keyboard the letters that are used the
most are placed close to each other, the
letter Sc" being the one most used.
After three or four weeks practice a
person can write on the typewriter
faster than by the ordinary method.
Expert type-writers can write 5000
words an hour on the machine, the aver
age being about 1900 words per hour.
In contest in this Office few years
ago, trial was had to see who could
write the most in one hour from dicta-
ton, the writing being done in "long-
hand" Mr. Selby, the clerk of this
office, was the successful one, he having
written $50 words in the hour. This is
the fastest on record in this Office, and
the man with his type writing machine
who can write 5000 words during the
same period has the decided advantage.
Besides, he does not become tired so
quickly, but can continue at the work
for long time The man who writes
from 1900 to 1,70O words an hour by
"long-hand" can only do no for that one
hour, when he is obliged to stop for a
rest.-George Haid in Globe-Democrat
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-29
A Lucky Houstonian.
BALD HORNET
January, 25, 1887.

A reporter in his daily jaunt in
search of interesting matter for the
perual of the readers OF the Post, hap
pened into the cigar store OF S. Alexan-
der, jr., where he was told that one OF
our popular young clothing dealers had
Suddenly come into possession of a
large sum of money. Closer investiga-
ton revealed the fact that the popular
young merchant was Mr.. Ben KAN, OF
the firm of Kiam Bros. and the sum
of money was the neat little amount of
$4,000. Mr.. Kiam, on being inter-
viewed, stated he disliked publicity,
but as the rumor had been circulated,
he preferred emulating George Wash
ington and Grover Cleveland, and would
tell the truth" "Some time last
month" he said, II concluded to pur-
chase a ticket in the January drawing
of The Louisiana State Lottery Com
pany, and sent my office-boy after one,
which put in my safe. / thought no
more about the ticket until the 18th
instant, when Mr.. Alexander called at
my store and told me it my ticket was
No. 81 800, had won one-tenth of the
capital prize-that his telegram from
The Louisiana Lottery Company
stated the winning ticket had been
sold in Houston. You can hardly i'm.
agine the state of my feelings while ex.
aiming my ticket to see ii / really was
the lucky individual, When the truth
dawned upon me that my little invest
ment OF 81 had returned me the snug
amount of SIS, 900, / felt-well / cant
tell you how did feel. II there are
words in the English language COM
prehensive enough to describe my feel.
ing, they are not in my command
To the question, "Have you got your
money! Mr.. Kiam replied: eyes
the ticket was promptly cashed on pre-.
sentation." Mr.. Kiam will surely in,
vest portion of his prize in the next
drawing, which will take place on the
Sth of next month.